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5 PR parody Twitter accounts

There are countless parody Twitter accounts—some good, some bad or tasteless.

Among the fakers are numerous feeds associated with public relations. It seems that when people decide to parody a company, person, or even idea, they assume “PR” should be attached to the account name.

Most of these fake PR accounts are dormant, dusty, or generally ignored. But a few have gone viral, not only grabbing the attention of the institutions or people they mock, but also of the tweeting public at large.

Here we collected a handful of PR parody accounts that are worth your
attention. Some of them have large followings; others are a bit obscure.

It’s the Twitter feed that launched a thousand parody accounts. @BPGlobalPR, which opened shop two years ago during BP’s oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, ripped the company’s disastrous response to the crisis and grabbed headlines along the way.

We're not blocking all reporters from the gulf - just the ones who aren't going to say nice things about us. #goldenrule

Media outlets from The New York Times to Mashable wrote about the fake Twitter feed, helping it accrue more than 50,000 Twitter followers in a week—far more than the actual BP account. And remember, this was way back in 2010, before Twitter was hard-wired into our brains. (It now has more than 156,000 followers.)

Robbie Boland, a freelance writer based in Sydney, Australia, authors the Twitter feed. Last year, Mashable called Boland’s effort one of the top 10 fictional Twitter feeds. Guess that means he won’t be getting a death choke from his boss any time soon.

In the interest of fairness, you might want to follow @JediOrderPR. Although the Empire must pay its PR professionals better because the author of this account isn’t nearly as dedicated—nor as clever—as his counterpart on the Death Star.

Although the fake PR folks at AT&T have been tweeting since June 2010, their efforts have attracted less attention than their faux peers at BP or the Death Star. The account @ATT_Fake_PR has about 2,680 followers, and it offers a steady stream of criticism about the cell carrier that so many iPhone owners love to hate.

The tweets are often mean-spirited and off-color. Here’s a recent one:

Gregg Heard of #ATT: People love the technology, NOT the network. Also, people love sex, NOT herpes. ow.ly/amLDD

Rupert Murdoch, the CEO and chairman of News Corp., was front-page news this week when he testified for a British judicial inquiry about his company’s phone hacking scandal. Along the way, the Twitter feed @RupertMurdochPR offered a steady stream of commentary:

RIP Satire. @RupertMurdoch angrily complained about being "mobbed" by journalists and "harrassed" by paparazzi. #leveson

The account—which offers this bio: “@RupertMurdoch is his own best parody now, but we still try”—has more than 8,000 followers and tweets constantly about Murdoch and News Corp. (and just about anything else).

BREAKING: An entire weekend has passed with no Murdoch employees being arrested for police corruption or hacking.

Technically, Senior White House Official doesn’t refer to himself as a PR professional or spokesperson, but these unnamed advisors and aides regularly serve as sources for stories in the media. Often, it’s the press secretary or a member of his staff providing the info without attribution. So, for the sake of this list, we’ll assume @SrWHOfficial works in the office of the White House press secretary.

The Twitter feed, which has nearly 3,000 followers, launched in June 2010—once again, shortly after BP’s fake PR account took off.

The mostly partisan tweets from @SrWHOfficial mock the Republican field:

Santorum did well with his base, but never broadened his support to include non-insane voters.